Lawḥ-i-Salmán II
Tablet for Salman II
لوح سلمان ثانى (عكا)
Bahá’u’lláh
Persian 610 words Awaiting Translation
A major tablet addressed to Shaykh Salmán, exploring the teaching of the Cause, the lack of formal education of the Manifestation, progressive revelation, the transcendence and unknowability of God, the station of the Manifestation of God, the oneness of humanity, and the sovereignty of God.
teaching the Cause; call to teachlack of formal education of the Manifestation of Godproclamation to the people of the worldprogressive revelation; renewal of religiontranscendence; unknowability of Godexistence and nonexistence; preexistencestation of the Manifestation of God, God’s oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]unity; oneness of humanitythe Word of God; influence and centrality ofpower of the Manifestation of God
ای سلمان * در هر امور اقتدا بحق کن و بقضايای الهی راضی باش * ملاحظه کن که اين غلام مع انکه از جميع جهات بر حسب ظاهر امور بر او سخت شده و ابواب ظاهره مسدود گشته و در کلّ حين شياطين بر اطفاء سراج اللّه و اخماد نار او مشغولند چنان منير و مستضیء است که بِه أشرقت السّموات و الأرض * و چنان ما بين ناس مشهو